Addis Ababa faces growing climate change risks like heat, drought and floods, study warns: About 70% of people in Addis Ababa live in informal settlements that are vulnerable to climate change. Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/ Getty Images Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, will likely face increased heatwaves, droughts and severe flooding over the next 67 years. These …
Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: new book follows their distinct paths: Kampala is one of the three Eastern African cities that transformed with little historical precedence GettyImages Kampala, the Ugandan capital where I live, is naturally the city I have studied and worked on the most as an urban economist. Yet even …
Addis Ababa yet to meet the needs of residents: what has to change: Addis Ababa. Sigel Eschkol / EyeEm/Getty Images With an estimated population of more than 3.7 million people, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is home to about a quarter of Ethiopia’s urban population. The city generates well above 29% of Ethiopia’s urban …
South Africa in the news: Property 2000 South Africa to Build 500,000 Houses in Addis Ababa: ENA reported that the Addis Ababa City Administration has signed an agreement with a South African housing company Property 2000 South Africa to build 500,000 houses in the city with a cost of USD 4.2 …: “South Africa” – …
Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital. Plans are underway to give the city a facelift. Getty Images Urban investments across the African continent are at an all-time high. Yet the nature of these investments differs starkly across cities. Many of them are driven by political considerations. For example, …
Visibility study of Nairobi, Kampala and Addis Ababa reveals big air pollution problems: A man pulls a cart through the early morning smog in Nairobi. TOBIN JONES/AFP via Getty Images The global coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on economies worldwide. However, one of the few positive consequences of travel restrictions and industrial downturn …
Why Addis Ababa shouldn’t criminalise children who beg on its streets: Street-connected children use begging as a livelihood strategy Shutterstock/SunshineSeeds Over half of Ethiopia’s 100 million inhabitants are Orthodox Christians and a third practice Islam. Begging, in the form of almsgiving, is supported by the religious teachings of Christianity and Islam and is very common …